Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for September 22, 2021

What a shocking turn of events! And by “shocking” I mean “absolutely expected”.

Good morning™, everyone!

Well, you guys told me she was pregnant and I didn’t believe it, but it seems that it’s true. I can’t figure out how that would tie into a story, but I think this is just an brief update on the previous story and not likely to tie into the Time Drone story that we’re currently in.

Good morning™, morning sickness !

I called it !  I went for the low hanging ‘baby fruit’ on the news she had for Abner. If they are not in Texas they can have that “thing” removed", in the interest of cop Tracy security. The kid will feel obligated to finish Abner’s contract on Tracy.

Well who would have thought Abner was such a stud!

For someone 6 months pregnant she’s not showing much of a baby bump!

Okay, that’s interesting. (Though some will complain about yet another story detour.) Y’all get 3 guesses as to who the father is and 2 of them don’t count. The way I see it is that it’s either the Moon Governor or Tracy or Abner. Is it a boy or a girl? Will it have blue skin?

Abner planted his seeds before he went away….

Happy Autumnal Equinox to those in the Northern hemisphere, Spring equinox in the Southern hemisphere. Technically, it doesn’t occur until 12:21 PM PDT, according to the local weather people on TV. Have a good day!

Attitude Plenty, move over. With Abner Kadaver as the babydaddy…well.

Is it normal for prison staff to refer to an inmate as “Ms. Surname”? I would have expected them just to use her surname.

Dunno why. But this don’t surprise me. She looks so happy ♡.

A “Meanwhile” Moment. I wonder who will be the little Tykes Foster family? Could the Apparatus step in here legally?

So when is the baby shower? Does she have a gift registry set off? So many arrangements to make.

he’s a doctor, and best he’s got is “a few months”?

Let me be the first to point out that Vista Bill would have been estactic over the news that Rikki was making him a grandpa!

We still miss you VB!

1-GUARD: The Doc wants to see you.

RIKKI TIKKI TAVI: You’re a DOC. It says so right on your shirt!

GUARD: HA! That’s why you’re my favorite prisoner! You’re a riot!

RIKKI TIKKI TAVI: DON’T SAY “RIOT”! The girls are already on edge from having the Pamprin removed from the Commissary!

GUARD: STOP! You’re killin’ me!

RIKKI TIKKI TAVI: DON’T SAY THAT EITHER – SAME REASON!

2-DOCTOR: The experiments I’m allowed to run on prisoners have proved conclusive…

3-…Sex with me can indeed lead to pregnancy. We will now proceed with Phase 2 of the experiment – to see if continued sex with me can result in you giving birth to multiple babies. Come now – get undressed. We have limited time before you’re no longer appealing to me…

The loathsome opinions of the Doctor do not represent those of this writer

Hmmm, wonder if it will be a boy or girl or………..?

I get the sense that we’re lining up a whole bunch of characters with motive to get their hands on the Time Drone – provided, that is, that the drone is not real and merely a ruse invented by Tracy and Smith to flush out the Apparatus once and for all, along with every other minor crook in town…

Is that Kenne Duncan as the prison guard?

Maybe the drone will show, in a surprise twist, that Sam is the secret father? (ducking and running)

“Ms. Mortis?” They are awfully polite and formal at this prison. A real house of punishment, eh? I would have expected the guard to say something more like, “OK, Mortis, get in there. You’re next.”

A real twist would be if Mysta married Vera and they adopted Li’l Abner.

With a baby on the way, Ms. Mortis could use some of that treasure the time drone will find.

The look of love is in her eyes…the look her heart can’t disguise…

Be sure and put a note on her file that if the baby has blue skin, it could still be fine.

People will say, what did she see in him (Abner Kadaver) well it goes deeper than the eye can see.

Geeze, don’t see prison chatter like that in Texas. It’s more like “Doctor, hahahahahaahahahahahaha, you can see a Doctor in 25 years when you get out”

Hey,let’s skip the “Ugly Crystal” backlash about evil being hereditary.

That baby will be born a complete innocent.And Rikki will eventually have to wipe thatdreamy look off her face and realize o baby should be born in prison and the bestthing she can do is give it up for adoption.

My choice would be Vitamin Flintheart and Kandi.Abner would approve of his kidgrowing up with an appreciation of show business.

This is starting to remind me of the Batman reunion movie made, featuring Adam West, Burt Ward, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith, and pretty much the entire gang from the TV show.

Still thinking that, somehow, after all of Mike’s current crooks have paraded across the stage, we’re still on course for Tracy to have to face Flattop one more time – just not sure what point in time.

Kadaver’s going to reincarnate, fully intelligent, in his kids body. Nikki’s going to be joyful at first, but start to wonder what happened to the child’s original…consciousness? Life? Soul?

Ultimately, they’ll have to perform an exorcism with her consent to get rid of him for good (or is he?) and restore the baby, though no one can ever be sure…

It’s been strongly hinted that Abner Kadaver was based on a Lon Chaney Sr. silent movie,LONDON AT MIDNIGHT—1928.

I looked up Lon Chaney Sr.and he was born on April Fool’s Day!!Not a bad choice for Rikki.

OTHER NOTABLE BIRTHDAYS

Lon Chaney Jr.—February 10th.

George Zucco—January 11th

Rondo Hatton—April 22nd

Vincent Price====May 27th

Peter Lorre—-June 26th

Bela Lugosi—October 20th

Boris(GRUESOME)Karloff—-November 23rd.

Boy, it sure didn’t take long for Joe & Mike to get bored with the time drone/Apparatus storyline, did it?

Rikki Mortis is officially preggers! Now we all know for sure and don’t have to guess. But who’s the babydaddy? Abner Kadaver? The timing seems problematic for that….

Bet the kid will be a dead-ringer for his dad…

It’s been 22 months and the kid hasn’t gotten here yet.

What’s it waiting for,the Actor’s Strike to be over?